Ohio Voter On 60 Minutes: I Hear Obama Is Muslim, Doesn't Know National Anthem

CBS 60 Minutes reporter traveled to Ohio to speak with voters ahead of Tuesday's crucial primary. Kroft found that one of the more malicious smear campaigns about Obama had reached voters in southern Ohio:

Comments

[piranhica]

As if we needed further proof that middle America is populated by morons.

No wonder we keep getting elected officials who match the witless masses.

[Rianna]

I watched the show, and was amazed at just how naive and ignorant we Americans can be.
I don't know who these malicious troublemakers are, but they are taking advantage of an ignorant
public, to smear a candidate. They are using fear and divisive language, to frighten people, and turn away from Obama. These people are lowest of the low. I hope by now this voter has had the opportunity to learn about Senator Obama.

[vaughan]

THIS is why people who say "What's wrong with calling him by his middle name" should be called out as pushing a smear--these people never refer to Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul, etc. by their full names--they just call Obama by his, because many (most?) Americans think Hussein = Muslim. It is a smear on purpose.

[Slainte]

Can't say I'm surprised at that malicious rumor being promulgated in the Southern part of my State ... far more alarming was Senator Clinton's incredibly weak response to the same question. "As far as I know...." I really thought the Democrats were above eating their young.

[Desertmatt]

Look I have some idiot friends that chain-mail junk from I don't know where and it has that stuff about him swearing in on a Koran. I commend 60 minutes bringing this junk into the open and hope that more news show do, the best disinfectant for this kind of slime is the light of truth.

[OtayPanky]

Dear Mark Penn and Cohorts -

You guys are the BOMB! I don't know exactly how you all do it, but keep those emails coming!!! It's kitchen sink time - or as our Dear Leader says, "The EXCITING time".

So don't stop now...and don't stop thinking about tomorrow!

You can do it. YES YOU CAN!!!

Sincerely,

Your Friend OTAYPANKY

[dct19]

People who are that gotdam stupid shouldn't even be allowed to vote. WTF is wrong with people? This is the information age and yet we still have idiots that believe crap like this. This fool and other dangerously stupid people are the reason that we have been suffering under 8 years of bush and his henchmen.

[nabrum]

"People who are that gotdam stupid shouldn't even be allowed to vote."

Apparently Ross Perot (remember him?) believed the same thing. It took someone to straighten him out. "Perot was pleasantly surprised when I told him that Obama was a Christian, not a Muslim, and relieved when I informed him that the e-mail Perot (and untold others) received about Obama not respecting the Pledge of Allegiance was a fraud."
http://www.newsweek.com/id/94827 (2nd page for Obama quote)

In this day and age, it is so easy to Google or check Snopes and similar sites. But that would take intelligence and VERIFYING vs believing some junk email passed by a friend who got it passed by a friend, who got it .........

[missette]

Well put. I can only add, unfortunately, we've all had to suffer for their ignorance and bible-thumping, gun toting ways. To the poster above who projected this dumb fellow on all of middle America though, I must caution that you show some ignorance yourself with such a blanket statement.